High-affinity choline uptake (HACU) and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity in neuronal cultures for mechanistic and drug discovery studies

Current Protocols in Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL.60, 2012, Pages

  Ray, Balmiki ^a   Bailey, Jason A ^a   Simon, Jay R ^a   Lahiri, Debomoy K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain enzyme; Cell culture; Cholinesterase; CNS; Enzymatic activity; Neuronal differentiation; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HEMICHOLINIUM 3; RADIOISOTOPE; CHOLINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLINE UPTAKE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTOSOME; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHOLINE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEURONS;

EID: 84864121420     PISSN: 19348584     EISSN: 19348576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142301.ns0723s60     Document Type: Article

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